Oct202018

TV Ads – 1987 – Strohs Beer + Golf Great Arnold Palmer For Paine Webber Investments

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DOG ASIDE: The Stroh Brewery Company is a beer brewery located in Detroit, Michigan….whereas in addition to its own Stroh’s brand….the company produced or bought the rights to several other brands including Goebel….Schaefer….Schlitz….Augsburger….Erlanger….Old Style….Lone Star….Old Milwaukee….Red River and Signature….plus they manufacture Stroh’s Ice Cream. The company was taken over and broken up in 2000, but some of its brands continued to be made by the…

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Oct202018

NCAAF – 1987 – Special Feature – The Beano Cook Clipboard – Heisman Trophy Hype Before The 1987 Season

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DOG ASIDE: Carroll Hoff “Beano” Cook (September 1, 1931 – October 11, 2012) was an American television personality who worked for ESPN…who was well known as a college football historian and commentator.  Cook joined ESPN in 1986 as a studio commentator….where he also did freelance radio and television work in the Pittsburgh area.  He was most recently seen on ESPNEWS every Thursday on The Hot List debating with Brian Kenny. Beano could…

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Oct202018

Boxing – 1990 – Heavywt Title Fight Douglas Vs Tyson – Larry Merchant PostFight Interview With Winner Buster Douglas

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DOG ASIDE: James “Buster“ Douglas (born April 7, 1960) is an American retired professional boxer….who competed from 1981 to 1990….and again from 1996 to 1999….who is best known for his stunning upset of Mike Tyson on February 11, 1990 in Tokyo, Japan….to win the undisputed heavyweight title. At the time Tyson was undefeated…nicknamed Iron Mike….and considered to be the best boxer in the world,….s well as…

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Oct202018

MLB – 1969 To 1982 – Strohs Circle Of Sports – The Story Of MLB P Bill Spaceman Lee

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DOG ASIDE: William Francis Lee III (born December 28, 1946) is accurately nicknamed Spaceman….who was an American former Major League Baseball pitcher…..that played for the Boston Red Sox from 1969 to 1978….and the Montreal Expos from 1979 to 1982.  On November 7, 2008, Lee was inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame….as the team’s record-holder for most games pitched by a left-hander (321)….and the third-highest…

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Oct202018

Music – 1987 – The Pretenders – Gonna Make You Notice (Brass In Pocket) – Put To MLB Great Plays Highlights

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DOG ASIDE: The Pretenders are a British-American rock band formed in Hereford, England, in March 1978….in which the original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde on lead vocals and rhythm guitar…. James Honeyman-Scott on lead guitar, backing vocals and keyboards….Pete Farndon  on bass guitar and backing vocals….and Martin Chambers on drums, backing vocals and percussion.  Following the drug-related deaths of Honeyman-Scott and Farndon….the…

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Oct202018

TV Ads – 1986 – MLB Great Yaz For Miller High Life Beer + Jeep Wrangler Vehicles + Kemper Open Golf

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DOG ASIDE: The Miller Brewing Company is an American beer brewing company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin….which was owned until October 11, 2016 by the MillerCoors division of the SABMiller–Molson Coors joint venture. The company has brewing facilities in Albany, Georgia…Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin ….Fort Worth, Texas….Irwindale, California….Milwaukee, Wisconsin….and Trenton, Ohio.  On July 1, 2008, Miller formed MillerCoors, a joint venture with rival Molson Coors to consolidate the production…

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Oct202018

NCAA Football – 1984 – ABC Sports Halftime Texas Vs TCU – Texas Coach Fred Akers Halftime Speech

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DOG ASIDE: Each and every coach in each and every game of football….is faced with the challenge of what to say to his troops in the locker room at halftime….mostly because each 1st half of each game is different….and between the time that the teams depart the field at the end of the 1st half….to…

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Oct202018

MLB – 1975 – Strohs Circle Of Sports Special – Reds C Johnny Bench Takes A Walk Down Memory Lane

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DOG ASIDE: Johnny Lee Bench (born December 7, 1947) is an American former professional baseball catcher….who played in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983….and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Johnny Bench was a 14-time All-Star selection….and a two-time National League Most Valuable Player.  He was a key member of the Big Red Machine that won six division titles…. four National League pennants….and…

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